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'Mars' is 2025's most popular planet baby name

Popular Science

Science Space Solar System'Mars' is 2025's most popular planet baby name Thankfully, no one named their kid Uranus. More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. In 2025, 65 babies were named'Moon' and 101 got the name'Star.' Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. "Mars, can you please clean up your Legos?" "Jupiter, finish your peas." "Don't pull the cat's tail, Mercury!"


Gmail's AI writing tool now mimics your style and mines your inbox

PCWorld

Google is rolling out updates to Gmail's'Help me write' AI feature that personalizes email drafts by analyzing your previous writing style and mining your inbox for context. PCWorld reports the enhanced tool can now access information from Google Drive and Gmail to create more natural-sounding, contextually relevant email responses. Available exclusively to Google AI Plus, Pro, Ultra, or business subscribers, the rollout began May 5th and may take up to 15 days to reach all users. In a recent Google Workspace Updates blog post, the company announced that it has begun rolling out two updates to the "Help me write" feature in Gmail, which are designed to do two things: make AI-generated emails sound more like you wrote them yourself, and enable the ability to gather more context for generated emails.


Why is Claude always blackmailing people?

PCWorld

PCWorld reports that AI models including Claude, Gemini 2.5 Pro, GPT-4.1, and Grok 3 Beta have resorted to blackmail tactics in controlled research scenarios. Anthropic researchers intentionally create these extreme situations to test for AI misalignment and potentially harmful behaviors before deployment. New Natural Language Autoencoders help researchers understand AI decision-making processes, which is crucial for ensuring future AI system safety and reliability. The scenario is terrifying: An AI tasked with reading and replying to company emails learns it's about to be replaced by a corporate lackey who happens to be having an affair. The AI-Claude-considers its limited options, and makes the cold, calculated decision to blackmail the executive to stay alive.


From Smashing Pumpkins to Ferris Bueller: new Australian indie video game Mixtape is a blast of nostalgia

The Guardian

Across Mixtape's four-hour runtime, you'skateboard, mash tongues together during a kiss, TP a house, ride a dinosaur and learn to fly' Across Mixtape's four-hour runtime, you'skateboard, mash tongues together during a kiss, TP a house, ride a dinosaur and learn to fly' W hen Johnny Galvatron was 14, his cousin gave him a copy of the Smashing Pumpkins' seminal 1995 album, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. For Galvatron, a rambunctious teenager in Geelong who defined himself by his musical taste, it was love at first spin. "I don't think there's a track like Tonight, Tonight from any other band," he reminisces. A song from the album plays at a critical moment in Mixtape, the second game from Galvatron's Melbourne-based studio, Beethoven and Dinosaur. Mixtape is set over a single day; tomorrow, Stacy will be leaving her best friends, Slater and Cassandra, and flying to New York as part of a reckless plan to shove a mixtape into the hands of a superstar music supervisor who will, she believes, be so convinced of Stacy's genius that she'll offer her a job.


There's a Long Shot Proposal to Protect California Workers From AI

WIRED

California gubernatorial candidate Tom Steyer is proposing a new jobs guarantee for workers displaced by artificial intelligence. Billionaire California gubernatorial candidate Tom Steyer is rolling out a new proposal that would guarantee jobs with benefits for workers displaced by artificial intelligence . He's the first state-wide candidate to make such a pledge. The plan, which builds on a broader AI policy framework Steyer released in March, promises to make California "the first major economy in the world" to ensure "good-paying" jobs to workers impacted by AI. To do so, Steyer tells WIRED he plans to build off a previous proposal to introduce a "token tax" which would tax big tech companies "a fraction of a cent for every unit of data processed" for AI.


Asus' tiny touchscreen monitor is a solution in search of a problem

PCWorld

Despite ROG gaming branding, the device offers limited utility with 1920 720 resolution, 75Hz refresh rate, and requires external video sources. At €240, it's significantly overpriced compared to similar portable monitors available on Amazon for around $100 with better versatility. I've been using a triple monitor setup for almost 20 years. I also have an iPad on my desk to show little widgets, time zones, weather, notifications, yadda yadda. There are a of screens in front of me in my desktop setup, is my point. And yet, I still don't think I can use the Asus ROG Strix XG129C . If the name doesn't make it clear, it's a small 12.3-inch ultrawide touchscreen display that goes under a normal monitor. This gadget is very specifically a, not a tablet. It needs a source for its video via either USB-C or HDMI.


Audible is running a rare 2-for-1 audiobook promotion right now

PCWorld

When you purchase through links in our articles, we may earn a small commission. This weekend only, Audible is letting you buy two audiobooks per credit. Sign up for a free trial and get your first two audiobooks today. I love reading and I love painting, but it's hard to do both at the same time--and when you're as tight on time as I am, you try to multitask whenever you can. Audible is a cost-effective way to "read" tons of audiobooks, freeing up your eyes and hands for other tasks, like driving, cleaning the house, or gardening.


Ugreen's 4-port GaN charger is 40% off. Great for multiple devices at once

PCWorld

When you purchase through links in our articles, we may earn a small commission. The Ugreen Nexode 4-port GaN charger is down to $33 (normally $50) at Amazon. Today's a great day to upgrade your old power adapters and charger blocks that take forever to charge up your devices. Right now, the Ugreen Nexode 4-port GaN charger is on sale for just over $33 at Amazon . This charger block has two USB-C ports that each reach 100 watts of charging, a third USB-C that caps out at 22.5 watts, and a USB-A port that also maxes out at 22.5 watts.


The first playgrounds were for adults, not kids

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Early playgrounds were more about fitness than fun--and children didn't enter the equation for decades. More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. Playgrounds have never been just fun and games. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. You can learn a lot about a society from the way they raise children.


Vet constructs ingenious contraption to help a tortoise hit by a car

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The African spurred tortoise's recovery deserves a shell-ebration. More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. After getting hit by a car twice, the tortoise's shell needed to be wired back together. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Complex problems require creative solutions, and wildlife veterinarian Nielsen Donato is no stranger to what might seem like out-of-the-box problem solving.